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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?
(a) He believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.
(b) He believes it is like the voice of God.
(c) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.
(d) He believes it is revolutionary in its atonal structure.

2. What people are the chorus members meant to represent?
(a) Eighteenth century citizens of Vienna.
(b) Salieri's cousins and nineteenth century neighbors.
(c) Nineteenth century citizens of Venezia.
(d) Nineteenth century citizens of Verona.

3. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) La Cenerentola.
(c) The Abduction from the Seraglio.
(d) Cosi Fan Tutte.

4. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?
(a) Puerperal fever.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Rheumatic fever.

5. What does Mozart intend to do in Vienna?
(a) Kiss the Emperor's hand.
(b) Apply for Salieri's job.
(c) Hide from his father.
(d) Give concerts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Mozart been living prior to his arrival in Vienna?

2. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?

3. How does Mozart defend his work?

4. How did Salieri's family feel about the Austrian Empire?

5. What is Baron Van Swieten's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Van Swieten's attitude to Salieri at this point in the play?

2. In what way is the 'calf-measuring scene' ironic?

3. What is the significance of the golden light that bathes the Emperor and his court?

4. In what way does Salieri contradict himself in the scene in which he attempts to seduce Constanze?

5. How does the play open?

6. What is Salieri hinting at when he says his servants will be 'even more surprised tomorrow'?

7. Comment on the conflict in this library scene.

8. What is the problem with Salieri's drive for fame?

9. For what reason might the scene in the Baroness's library be considered ironic?

10. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?

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